Apparatus for treating liquids.



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APPLIOLTIOH FILED OUT. 5, 1905- 122 zre 222272:

PATENT OFFICE.

HOMER O, FISHER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

APPARATUS FOR TREATING LIQUIDS.

To all! whom zit may concern:

Be it known that I, Homes 0. Frsnnn, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga. and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Treatin Liquids, of which the following is a full, ear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

lhe invention relates to apparatus for treating liquids, particularly milk, and con templates the use of a device which will separate the liquid into small streams and subject the same to the required heating or cooling medium.

More specifically the invention relates to an apparatus comprising a receiver for containing the heating or cooling medium and having a large exposed surface u on which the liquid to be treated is directs whereby it will be affected by the heating or coolin medium and will be brought to the required tern stature.

T e invention may be further briefly summarized as consisting in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth in the following description, drawings, and claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure is side elevation of a device constructed accord ing to my invention, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through. the center of the same. Any suitable form and construction of parts may be emplo ed in the carryiw out of my invention; but have shown one 'orni in the drawings which very effectively meets the necessary requirements, and in such embodiment 1 represents the base of substantial saucer sha e, as shown, and having within the same a rusto-conical-shaped easing 2, which is directly connected to the base in a manner such that a trough 3 is formed at the edge thereof for collecting the liquid as it is ermitted to flow down the surface of the conmoi-shaped casing 2. A tube 4 leads from this trough for conveying the liquid away. Mounted rigidly in the top oi the conical shaped casin 2 is a. hollow shaft 5, communicating with t e inside of the same. Rotatebly. mounted upon the hollow shaft 5 a sleeve 6 18 provided, and it has rigidwith it a reservoir-7, bearing u on a suitable ring 8'. This reservoir has pe orations 9 arranged in a cirh cle and adapted to supply the liquidfwithin the reservoir to the upper portion of the sur- Patented March 27, 1906.

face of the conical casing. The reservoir 7 is provided with an apron 10, extending downward to a point near the edge of the base '1, whereby any heated or cooled air which may be present in the chamber between it and the conicahshaped casing 2 will be brought to bear upon the liquid llowin down the same. This apron is frusto-conica in shape for the purpose of conforming to the configuration of the conical shaped casing 2. Secured upon the inner wall of the apron 10, as shown, a spiral brush 11 is arranged to takeagainst the surface of the conical-shaped Easing 2 for the purpose of preventing the collection of an 1 particles from the liquid treated. A pu ley 12 may be ovided upon the reservoir F and its apilon' for rotating the same.

The apparatus iii ilrther provided with a steam -pipe 13, pzissingtdown irough the hollow shaft 5 and extending to h ,point near the bottom of the chamber formed by the conical casing 2 and the base I, and'with an overflow-pipe 14, which enters at fthe base and extends upward to a point near the top of the conical casing 52. Live steam is permitted to flow into the chamber hetween the conical casing and the base and to either heat 7 :the same directly or to flow into water there- *in and to raise the temperature thereof to the required point. Then the liquid to be treated is supplied to the rcservoiri, from whence it flows in small streams down the surface of the conical casing, where it is heated to the proper temperature, and into the trough 3, which directs it out through the tube 4.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. In apparatus for treating liquids, in combination, a chamber provided with a medium for varying the temperature thereof,

the surface 0 the casing 0 said chamber, and means contacting with said surface for preventing the collection of particles of substance upon the same.

2. In apparatus for treating liquids, in combination, a chamber provided "with means for varying the temperature thereof, means for suppl ing the liquid to be treated to the surface 0 the casin of said chamber, and rotary means contacting with said surface for preventing the collection of particles upon the same.

combination, a surface over which t eliquid to be treated is adapted to fiow means for means for supplying the li uid to be treated to 5 3. In apparatus for treating ll uids, in

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varying the temperature of said surface, and means contacting with the same for preventing the collection of articles thereon.

4. In apparatus or treating liquids, in combination, an inclined surface over which the liquid to be treated is adapted to flow, means for varying the temperature of said surface, and means contacting with said surface for preventing the collection of particles of substance upon the same.

5. In apparatus for treating liquids, in combination, a conical-shaped surface down which the liquid to be treated is adapted to flow, means for varying the temperature of the same, and means contacting with said surface for preventing the collection of particles of substance upon said surface.

6. In apparatus for treating liquids, in combination, a conical casing adapted to receive a stream of the liquid to be treated upon its inclined surface, and a rotary reservoir mounted u on said casing and adapted to deliver the iquid to be treated to the mclined surface of said casing.

7. In apparatus for treating liquids, in combination, a conical-shaped casing adapted to receive small streams of the liquid to be treated upon its inclined surface, a rotary reservoir mounted upon said casing and provided with means fordeliveringsmall streams of the liquid to be treated to the upper part of said surface, and means for varying the temperature of the surface of said casing.

S. In apparatus for treating liquids, in combination a conical-shaped casing adapted to receive the liquid to be treated upon its inclined surface, means engaging said surface to prevent the collection of particles of substance upon the same, a reservoir mounted upon said casing and adapted to deliver the liquid to be treated to the inclined surface of said casing, and means for varying the temperature of said surface.

9. In apparatus for treatin liquids, in combination, a frusto-conical-s a ed casin adapted to receive the liquid to e treated upon its inclined surface, a brush engaging such surface to prevent the collection of particles of substance u on said surface, a reservoir mounted to de iver the liquid in small streams to said surface, means for shifting said brush upon said surface, and means for varyin the temperature of said surface.

10. n apparatus for treating liquids, in combination a frusto-conical casing ada ted to form a chamber for receivin the me ium for varyin the temperature 0 the liquid to be treate a brush spirally arran ed and adapted to engage the surface of sai conical casing, means for rotating said brush, a reservoir mounted upon said conical casing and adapted to deliver small streams of the liquid to be treated to the surface of said casing, and means for supplying a medium to sai surfage for varying the'temperature of the liqu1 11. In apparatus for treating liquids, the combination with the base, of a frusto-conical casing mounted therein and adapted to receive theliquid to be treated u on its in clined surface, a reservoir mounte upon said casing and provided with perforations for supplying small streams of the liquid to be treated to the surface of said casing, a brush carried by said reservoir and adapted to engage the surface of said conical casing, mgins or IOtElJIHQQiQJIBSBIQDLI and said brush and means for su plying a medlum to fiu surface to vary the temperature thereof.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HOMER O. FISHER.

Witnesses:

J. B. HULL, B. W. BROCKETT. 

